Manifolding machine



Patented Nov. 9, 1937 UNITED STATES MANYFOLDING MACHINE Arthurv .4.- Johnson, to Autographic Bridgeport, Conn., asslgnor Register Company, llobok n,

N. J., a corporation of New Jersey Application January 31, 1935, Serial No. 4,285

10 Claims.

This invention relates to manifolding machines, and more particularly, to'machines constructed and designed especially to be portable.

In such machines as heretofore made, there is sometimes provided paper intercepting and ejecting mechanism comprising a pair ofpins or fingers adapted to enter successive apertures in the record strips and intercept withdrawal of the strips. These same fingers under control of a handle are caused to advance the record strips to position where they can be grasped to be manually pulled from the machine until again arrested. Heretofore, the handle for operating the ejecting fingers was provided on a shaft protruding from the side of the machine.

An object of this invention is to provide an improved paper intercepting and ejecting mechanism, and particularly, to so arrange the mechanism that no part of it need protrude beyond the side walls of the casing. for manual engage-- ment. With this arrangement, the sides of the register are straight and smooth and the register may be carried conveniently in an outside coat pocket. Besides. this convenience, by having the flngerpiece located in or below the plane of the adjacent portion of the casing, danger of the fingerpiece being broken off inadvertently is avoided.

Heretofore, the paper intercepting and eject- 0 ing mechanism was operated'by a shaft projecting from. the machine and having a flngerpiece or handle for rotstingthe shaft.

According to the present invention, the shaft projection and its flngerpiece are omitted entirely and, instead, is transverselymovable plunger or slide m provided to cause the pins to travel forwardly, depress, return, and rise. I

Inits preferred form, the plunger has a fingerpiece at one'end located in a recess or well in one side wall so that the flngerpiece will not protrude beyond the side wall of the casing or frame and the adjacent portions of the wall will protect the iingerpiece frombeing damaged or from doing any damage. l

Other features and advantages will hereinafter appear.

In the accompanying drawing which shows one form of theinvention, that at present preferred- Figure 1 is a top plan view of a register made in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of the register shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the forward portion of the. register shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the paper intercepting and ejecting mechanism of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a transverse section thereof showingv the pin mechanism in elevation and looking from the rear.

Fig. 6 is a longitudinal line 66 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a detail view showing a portion of the pin mechanism looking at it from the front.

Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. 6, but showing the pin mechanism in its forwardly-operated and depressed position.

Fig. 9 is a view similar to Fig. 7, but showing the pin plate locked in depressed position preparatory to its return to normal position.

Fig. 10 is a sectional view taken on the line lfli0 of Fig. 5, to show the connection between the pin plate and its carrier.

Fig. 11 is an enlarged section taken on the line ll of Fig. l. i

As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the manifolding register of the present invention comprises a cas ing; ill made up of outer side walls II, a rear wall l2, and an inner over which continuous record strips l5 are led from a zigzag folded pile i6 supported in a supply compartment l1.

' Over the platen I there is a margin'frame i8 having-a writing zone I9 through which the record strips are available to bewritten upon and at which place the record strips are intersection tagen on the frame it having a platen H leaved with transfer or carbon material not shown.

Each record strip I! comprises a succession of printed forms 2. usually divided by lines of weakness 2| and each form has a pair of apertures 22.

The casing It has a false bottom 23 on which the supply D d i6 rests, and between this false bottom and a bottom plate 24 there is provided a record storing compartment 25 having a front wall 28 projecting substantially beyond a front wall 21 of the casing to provide an opening through which tickets or forms written upon on the platen l4 and severed from the strips l5 may be inserted to be stored until desired. This open space is normally covered and closed by a cover 28 hinged at 2! to the front wall 21.

As stated above, the withdrawing movement of the record strips I5 is intercepted and the 7 strips are held in desired position on the platen II by a pin mechanism. In the form of the invention hereindisclosed, this mechanism is carried by a box-like frame 30 located at the forward upper part of the casing III. It comprises a pair of pins ll mounted on a plate 32 is which is hinged which is slidabiy mounted on a carrier plate on a shaft 8| carried by the side plates of the frame 3|. The plates 8! and a overlap and are held in overlapping relation by ears ll. Springs 8! connecting the ears "on the plate It and ears TI on the plate I! tend to cause thepins Ii to move vertically as iarastheymay."

Normally, the plates 32 and 88 incline rearwardly so that the pins Ii ing through the apertures 21 in the paper strips is. when it is desired to advance the strips so that the leading edges whichwere left when the previous set of tickets had been torn therefrom along the tearing knife ll, the plateau]! and 38 are rocked forwardly by mechanism hereinafter described, and. at the same time, according to the present invention, the pins are caused to recede from the apertures copy. the position shown mm. 8.

For thepurpose of causing the pins to recede, the pin carry ng plate 32 is provided with an ear ll having a roller I. located in an aperture a cam plate 40, so that as the plates 3! and I3 swing .iorwardly the roller engages a descending portionlfl' of the cam plate and. is

pushed down causing the pins II to be depressed and to recede belowthe surface of the platen I the paper. the pins and their plate 32, a lug ll on the latter moves from the position shown dotted lines to the position shown in Fig. 9, where it is engaged under .a spring catch .42 carried by the plate "and this causes the pins to be retained in depressed-position during the return movement of the plates 3! and a under theinfluence of springs ll shown in Fig. 4.. During this return movement, thepins II move idly under the paper strips, but. at the end of the return stroke, the spring forwardend of a fixed pin 44 which pushes it iorwardly and causesthe lug Ii to bereleased. This permits the pins II to riseagainst the silliaoe of the ,paper which isheld down for this by a slotted extension QM of across bar I, and it is in this-position that the pins remain until the next set of apertures it are engaged by the pins. According to the present invention. instead .0! rocking the shaft 34 by means of. a fingerpiece contained on an extension of the shaft and projecting beyond the side walls ll of the easing, there-is provided a plunger or slide 40, generally uped in forrn,as shown in Figs. 8 and 8, and guided by the side walls of the frame II. The plunger 48 is disposed transversely of the tune and is held in shown in Figs. 4 and by aspring 41. The end of the plunger ll is provided with a button ll proiecting through a hole 4! in the frame-side I! 01 the casing, but its outer end II terminates approximately in the plane of the adjacent side wall H, which,-as shown in Fig. 5, may be made concave to provide a well II in which the button ll islocated. By pressing the button I, the slide is moved to the leitas shown in Figs. 4 and 5, and in so doing a cam surface I! on the slide engages an arm 53 carried by the rocker-plate a and causes the arm to be raised and the plate is to be swung clockwise so as to move from the position shown in Fig. 6 to that shown in Fig. 8. To hold the pin plates 32 and It in paper-interoeotlngposition shown in Fig. 6 when the slide are in a position shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 6, with the pins proiect- "fined-by a small head 56 so that the find the place l2 and finally oe its nd'mal position 4! is in its normal position, a locking arm N is provided on the slide and this overhangs the arm I and prevents the plates "and II from being rocked forwardly until the slide has begun to move inwardly.

Thus it will beseen that, to operate the ejector, it ismerely necessary .i'orthe operator to put his finger or thumb onthe end of the button II and push inwardly releasing the button at the end of the inward stroke and permitting it to-return to normal position. The rim of the well or cavity Il may be strengthened and deoperator may here the button is located by feeling for the same and without taking his eyes from the other :work which is being done.

It will be noted that, according to the present invention, the fingerpiece for the ejecting mechanism does not protrude beyond the side walls of the casing, and hence danger of any projection catching onto the operator's clothing or being broken off when the casing is accidentally struck by some other object is avoided.

At the same time that the pin plates 32 and 88 are rocked from the position shown in Fig. 6 to that shown in Fig, 8, suitable mechanism is operatedtorelease the door 28 and cause it to be opened. This mechanism is illustrated in Figs. 2 and;3 and i1, and comprises an arm 56 carried by the shaft 34 and engaging an aperture in a bar I], the forward end of which has a catch ll engaging an arm 59 on the door. when the shaft N is rocked, the bar 51 is moved to the rear, releasingthe arm 59 and permitting the door 28 to be opened by a spring 80 shown in Fig. i. i There is lost motion between the arms 58 and thebar l1, and the end oi the bar 51 is inclined so that when the door It is returned to normal closed position by hand, the bar 51 will recede and catch over the arm 59 on the door 2..

Variations and modifications may be made within the scope of this invention and portions of the improvements may be used without others.

Having thusdescribed the inventiornwhat is claimed as new and for which it is desired to obtain Letters Patent, is:--

1. A msnifoldingmachine having a box-like casingga; platen over which a plurality of continuous worksheet strips may a tearing dle along ered; means at the forward endoi the casing for engaging the strips'to advance the edges thereof beyond thetearing edge to position to be by hand; and means including a manually operable button located in a recess in one walhof the'casing for operating said advancing means,

2. A, maniiolding machine having a box-like casing, a platen over which a plurality of continuoiis worksheet strips may be advanced, and

a tearing edge along which the stripsare severed; means at the forward end of the casing for engaging the strips to advance the leading edges thereof beyond the tearing edge to position to be grasped by hand; and means including a fingerpiece flush with a wall of the casing for operating said advancing means.

3. It manifolding machine having a box-like casing, a platen over which a plurality of continuous worksheet strips may be advanced, and a tearing edge along which the strips are severed; means at the forward end of the casing for engaging the strips to advance the leading edges thereof beyond the tearing edge to position to be means including a ton located in a recess in one for withdrawing said pins to permit advancement grasped by hand; and means including a fingerpiece flush with a side wall of the casing for operating said advancing means.

4. A manifolding machine having abox-like casing, a platen over which a plurality of continuous worksheet strips may be advanced, and a tearing edge along which the strips are severed; means ncluding a pair of pins for engaging apertures in the worksheet strips at form-length intervals; a hinged plate on which said pins are mounted to be moved toward and from the front end oi the machine; slide for operating said hinged plate.

5. A maniiolding machine having a box-like casing, a platen over which a plurality of continuous worksheet strips may be advanced, and a tearing edge along which the strips are severed;

pair oi pins for engaging apertures in the worksheetstrips at form-length intervals; a hinged plate on which said pins are mounted to be moved toward and from the front end 01' the machine; and a manually operated cam slide movable transversely oi. the machine for controlling the movements of the hinged plate forwardly and backwardly of the machine.

6. A manifolding machine-having a box-like casing, a platen over which there is advanced a plurality of continuous worksheet strips having a succession of printed forms. each provided with apertures; pins movable in the casing for entering. the apertures in the strips to intercept advancing movements 01 the strips; and means including a manually reciprocatively movable butwall of the casing of the strips to continue.

7. A manitolding machine having a box-like casing, a platen over which there is advanced a plurality of continuous worksheet strips having a succession oi printed forms, each provided with apertures; pins movable in the casing for entering the apertures in the stripstointercept ad- 7 and a manually operated v vancing movements of the strips; and means'including a iingerpiece having its operating end flush with a wall of the casing for withdrawing said pins to permit advancement oi the-strips to continue, said means including an actuator movable with the flngerpiece through a .plane nonparallel with the path of movement of said 9 8. A manlfolding machine having a box-like casing, a platen over which a plurality of continuous worksheet severed at form-length intervals into tickets; a record compartment for receiving and storing said severed, tickets; a door for said compartment; means for regulating the advancement of the strips over the platen; and means including a button flush with a side wall of said casing for controlling the opening of said door and the operation or said regulating means.

9. A manitolding machine having a-box-like casing, a platen over which a plurality of continuous worksheet strips may vbe. advanced to be severed at form-length intervals intotickets; a record compartment for receiving and storing said severed tickets; a door for said compartment; means for regulating the advancementot the strips over the platen; and-means including a manual actuator non-protrusive beyond the casing for controlling the opening of said door and the operation of said regulating means.

10. A manitolding casing, a platen over which a plurality of continuous worksheet strips may be advanced to be severed at form-length intervals into tickets; a record compartment for receiving and storing said severed tickets; a door or said compartment; means for regulating the advancement oi the strips over the platen; and means including a push button non-protrusive beyond the casing for controlling the opening operation of said regulating means.

ARTHUR A. JOHNSON.

strips may be advanced to be machine having a box-like 1 or said door and the 

